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Irene Cheow whom I have worked with on our nation Figure Skating development via visual documentation on & off ice, imprinted the idea & the motto of “Never Try Never Know”. Taking her son - Julian Yee qualification as a testament that with goal in sight, any thing is indeed possible & if I do manage to obtain an Olympic photog credential, we’ll meet half way.
The past four months has been emotionally excruciating & mentally exhausting in terms of getting constant NOs in repetitive form, emails ignored, emails return yet with more pinned down incapabilities of me as an individual moreover as an independent photographer.
That’s when I actually screen shotted the message from the photog who told me I have absolute ZERO chances. Nothing against him/her really, but to look past the discrimination and highlight the key points of what I should do to prepare myself for Beijing 2022 instead.
I begin to ponder, to contemplate.. is passion & hard work enough all along ? Or is it meeting the right people on the right time ?
As a spectator took this photo of me today, let it be a reminder that in spite of all, I take it as a motivation, in spite of the voices anchoring me down, I’M HERE ! Not that I made it, but yet a stepping stone with more trials & error to overcome. To be courteous & humble, moreover proud to be one of the 4 Malaysians photog & 1st female Malaysian photog to capture the hearts & soul of our nations debut in the #WinterOlympics #PyeongChang2018
As the count down to the prestigious game continues, I gave myself a deadline to any appeal, concludes on 31st January 2018, & after that is okay, accept the fact. Work hard towards the next four years for the next #WinterOlympics, & perhaps by then.. more Malaysian qualify figure skaters, speed skater or even the national hockey team will made it to Beijing 2022.
Yet it all changes when the appeal went through on 2 February 2018, an exact a week to the Opening Ceremony of PyeongChang 2018.
